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The Complete Hammer's Slammers: Volume II Paperback – February 2, 2010

by David Drake (Author)
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The Second of Three Volumes Collecting the Complete Best-Selling Series That Rocketed David Drake to Military Science Fiction Stardom.

This Omni-trade paperback volume collects the first four novles in the series: At Any Price, Counting the Cost, Rolling Hot, and The Warrior-all have been out of print and unavailable for several years..

Neither stainless white knights nor bloodthirsty killers, the Slammers are competent professionals, with recognizable human flaws, engaged in a deadly business. Their interanl conflicts, set against vivid scenes of battle, make their stories exciting and compelling.

This is the second of the three volume set presenting for the first time the entire genre-defining Slammers series in uniform Omni-trade paperback volumes, with new intoductions by major SF figures and new afterwords by David Drake. Each volume will also include a Slmmers story not collected in previous Slammer's books.

"Fans of Drake's edgy stories of a mercenary tank regiment in a future not all that different from our present will rejoice {at the publication of} the entire series in three volumes. Drake, a Vietnam vet who served in the Blackhorse Regiment, use prose as cold and hard as the metal alloy of a tank to portray the men and women of Hammer's Regiment.... In his depicition of combat, Drake rivals Crane and Remarque."

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  1. Book 2 of 3
    Hammer's Slammers combo volumes
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    720 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Baen
  5. Publication date
    February 2, 2010
  6. Dimensions
    5 x 1.5 x 7.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    9781439133347
  8. ISBN-13
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David Drake was attending Duke Univeristy Law School when he was drafted. He served the next two years in the Army, spending 1970 as an enlisted interrogator with the 11th armored Cavalry in Viet Nam and Cambodia. Upon return he completed his law degree at Duke and was for eight years Assistant Town Attorney for Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has been a full-time freelance writer since 1981. Besides the best-selling Hammer's Slammers series, his books for Baen include the popular Leary of the RCN series, with seven volumes so far: With the Lightnings; Lt. Leary, Commanding, The Far Side of the Stars; The Way to Glory; Some Golden Harbor, When the Tide Rises and In the Stormy Red Sky. His "Lord of the Isles" fantasy novels for Tor are genre best sellers. Among his other Baen titkes are Ranks of Bronze, All the Way to thre Gallows, Redliners, and many more.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1439133344
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baen; Reprint edition (February 2, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 720 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781439133347
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1439133347
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.5 x 7.75 inches
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The Army took David Drake from Duke Law School and sent him on a motorized tour of Viet Nam and Cambodia with the 11th Cav, the Blackhorse. He learned new skills, saw interesting sights, and met exotic people who hadn't run fast enough to get away.

Dave returned to become Chapel Hill's Assistant Town Attorney and to try to put his life back together through fiction making sense of his Army experiences.

Dave describes war from where he saw it: the loader's hatch of a tank in Cambodia. His military experience, combined with his formal education in history and Latin, has made him one of the foremost writers of realistic action SF and fantasy. His bestselling Hammer's Slammers series is credited with creating the genre of modern Military SF. He often wishes he had a less interesting background.

Dave lives with his family in rural North Carolina.

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Lawrence Barnthouse
5.0 out of 5 stars David Drake iS for real
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024
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I wenf through training wiith Dave and shared a tent with him in Cambodia. His experiences and mine were exactly the same. If you want to know what war is really like read his books. I hope you never have to experience it yourself.
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mrbcp2002
5.0 out of 5 stars Best read ever.
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2015
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David Drake is in my opinion the absolute best combat science fiction writer that I have ever had the privilege to read. He can write from the perspective that very few other writers can in this field. Because he himself served as a soldier in combat. Which is something only a very small amount of writers throughout history can be accredited for actually having seen combat themselves. Some of the most well known books about war was actually written by those who never even wore a uniform or if they did they themselves never saw combat up close. I find David Drakes books to be a truly fantastic read because I myself served in the Army. I did Three tours in Iraq and then fully Retired. I am 100% disabled so I have plenty of time to do and read all the things I never seemed to before. So when I read his works I know exactly what the characters are going through and what it's really like to be there first hand. The biggest difference that puts his writing above all the rest is the fact that most writers portray us soldiers to be completely dead inside and that's just not how it really is. Yes it's true that many of us to include myself do come back changed in some ways or maybe even in many ways than what we was before. But that's the true reality of being in War. Doing what needs to or must be done. So we will have the chance to return home to the ones we love and care about. David Drakes books helped me greatly in dealing with what I had to do and the things I had seen. I have always been a fairly avid reader and his books even though fiction showed me from a different perspective that I wasn't alone in the way I felt or reacted in certain situations. Many of us soldiers put up a front for each other like it doesn't bother us so it shouldn't bother them. That works good while you're in the heat of battle but very few actually know what to do with those feelings afterwards. That's usually when we would just bottle it all up and push it down low. But there always will come a day when you can't hold it in any longer and that's when bad things happen. Now I'm not saying we should sit around after a combat mission and sing songs while holding hands. What I am saying is that sometimes it's a good thing to sit down with a battle buddy and get things off your chest. Most people to include soldiers don't like to think or act like that works. But it does work. David Drakes books opened my eyes to the fact that I am not the only one that still tries to think that I must be the only one that thinks like his Slammers do. I love science fiction and I was fortunate to read my first Hammers Slammers book during my second tour in Iraq and it helped me in more ways than I can count. For those that have never served or served but wasn't in combat his books can give you a perspective view of what combat is really like. Sure it's far into the future but if you like science fiction your love his works. It doesn't matter wether it was two thousand years ago, present or two thousand years into the future. Soldiers are all the same on the inside.
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Oldduke07
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2014
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If you like science fiction and military stories, this is a great buy. Drake's writing is sometimes overdone and the editing (especially spelling) detracts from the flow of the stories. Hate it when I am on a roll and then have to stop and try to decipher what is being said. Sometimes it is difficult to figure out what word/words Drake was trying to for; sometimes it is impossible. That being said, these are good stories that are hard to put done. Worth the money.
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Ricky Holbert
5.0 out of 5 stars Hammer's Slammers
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2021
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I first read the Slammers series of books several years ago but sadly lost them in the 2016 floods here in Baton Rouge, La. I was able to replace them going through Amazon. Outstanding read! David Drake is the king of military SF. Like Mr. Drake I am a Vietnam vet also. I can assure you that you can tell when someone has seen the elephant.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Drake slam dunk
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2018
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I love the Slammers series from David Drake. They were unique when they were first written and time has shown they are still great. These stories show the experiences of fighting men and women on the front line. There is both the excitement of the actual battle as well as the preparation beforehand and the bloody aftermath. Drake is spare, but powerful with his words. An entertaining read with a point to make, they aren't preachy. Enjoy this!
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TankerLT
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent military sci fi
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014
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Excellent military sci fi, in fact Drake's Hammer's Slammers almost invented this category (if you set aside Heinlein's Starship Troopers from the '50s). This is an omnibus collection that gathers all the later Slammers titles together. The Slammers series follows a futuristic armored regiment of mercenaries in their conflicts across the galaxy. The series has been a favorite of mine since I read the 1st book (a collection of short stories) while I was a 2LT, tank platoon leader in the early '80s. Drake writes about military life like only an ex-soldier can. All of his work is worth reading, & most is consistently excellent, much of it (loosely) adapted from (often obscure) historical events.
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S. Perkins
4.0 out of 5 stars Great collection!
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2012
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A must for any fan of Hammer's Slammers! This collection brought back memories of reading them for the first time. I enjoyed finding them all in one place, though breaks are required from the darkness. As a veteran myself, I like the authenticity Drake brings to stories, and the twist he makes to historical themes or story lines.
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Furman O. Ashley
5.0 out of 5 stars All in Two!
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2012
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I have read separately and in other anthologies all of the "Hammer's Slammers" stories as well as a large portion of everything David Drake has written and he is just hard to beat for absolutely great Military SCIFI. This goes for just about everything he writes but if you have not read him yet, get this three volume set for Hammer's Slammers to start and you'll never look back. This is a great buy and a great way to start reading and end up inside a tank on some far flung world right there with the Slammers! I highly recommend this book and the other two volumes that complete the Hammer's Slammers Set!
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Reginald Wells
5.0 out of 5 stars Good collection
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2018
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Good collection, including some short stories I had not read before
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Dave O.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in Canada on June 24, 2014
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I will be rereading this several times in the future. Must have for military Sci-Fi fans. I wonder if they could make a movie, or six out of this? If they didn't mess with the stories, it could be huge!
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Ian Hannant
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 10, 2018
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caroline
5.0 out of 5 stars Hammer Slammer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2013
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Bought for my husband who enjoys David Drake books. He is enjoying reading it and would recommend it to a fellow Sci-Fi fan
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J. W. Treadaway
5.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate Military SF
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2010
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Read it and you wont regret it. Told from the perspective of a man who's been there and done that (though, not actually in outer space [as far as I'm aware])
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